Has Cam Newton Already Reached His Peak?

July 1, 2014   ·   Ty Schalter   ·   Jump to comments

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has a chance to be the best quarterback ever.
That's what I wrote almost three years ago, when the prototypical No. 1 overall pick threw for a record-breaking 854 yards and four touchdowns in his first two games. With the frame and arm of the old-school greats, and athleticism never seen before in a man his size, Newton's upside was unlimited.
At the end of that rookie year, he'd completed 60 percent of his passes for 4,051 yards, at a very healthy 7.81 yards per attempt. He threw touchdowns (4.1 percent) more frequently than interceptions (3.3 percent), per Pro-Football Reference. A Pro Bowl nod capped off his strong rookie season, and the 6-10 Panthers were headed for a bright future.
When the Panthers got off to a miserable 2-8 start in 2012, all of that upward momentum fizzled. Newton mixed strong games with disastrous ones. Even a 5-1 stretch wasn't enough to salvage a deeply disappointing sophomore effort.
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